musician.Columbia University awards the music prizes each year，which are a great honor.Lamar also got $15，000.

　　Farah Griffin，a teacher at the school，was in the group that picked Lamar's album for the Pulitzer Prize."It's big for hip hop.I think it's also big for our country and for music，"she said，"But it's big for the Pulitzer Prize，too."

　　Lamar's album is called "DAMN"，which includes words that adults may not want kids to hear.He uses rhymes to tell stories about black life.His songs are about race，social justice and problems with police.But they are also about love and hope.

　　Music experts love the album.Music buyers do，too.That is something new as past Pulitzer Prize winners have been loved by experts，but they have not always sold a lot of albums.

　　Griffin said she thought some people "wouldn't like the idea"of giving the prize to a rapper.She thought some might be angry.But she was surprised."I haven't heard a lot of that，"she said.

　　Regina Carter was also in the group that picked the album."If a work is great enough，you can't deny(否认)it，"she said.

　　The first Pulitzer Prizes were given in 1917，and music started to be honored in 1943.Awards used to go only to writers of classical music because it is more formal and it came from Europe.The Pulitzer Prizes have not always honored African­American musicians.Some wanted to give a special prize in 1965 to Duke Ellington，who was a great jazz artist，but he did not get a Pulitzer.A prize did not go to a jazz work until 1997.There is now more popular music among the prizes.Lin­Manuel Miranda wrote the hip hop musical "Hamilton" and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是记叙文。文章介绍了在2018年获得普利策音乐奖的说唱歌手--肯德里克·拉马尔。

　　1．What can we learn about Lamar from the text?

　　A．He put out his first album in 2018.

　　B．He learned hip hop from Farah Griffin.

C．He is a graduate of Columbia University.